# How to externalise logger configuration?

**URL:** https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalise-logger-configuration/5998
**Category:** Flowable Engine
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalise-logger-configuration/5998 "2020-05-11T18:40:44Z")
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### Author: ![JKFlowable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JKFlowable](https://forum.flowable.org/u/JKFlowable)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalise-logger-configuration/5998/1 "2020-05-11T18:40:44Z")

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Hi,

I have successfully deployed flowable apps in tomcat 7.0.103 and also on tomcat 8.5.54.  
I want the logs of all flowable apps in separate log files instead of on the tomcat console.  
How can I achieve this?

I have read the topic [how-to-externalize-properties-files](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalize-properties-files/527/3) for externalzing application properties. However this is not working on either tomcat versions.

Thanks.

JK

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### Author: ![joram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/joram/32/26_2.png) [@joram](https://forum.flowable.org/u/joram)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalise-logger-configuration/5998/2 "2020-05-18T20:07:35Z")

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The Flowable UI applications are Spring Boot applications, so regular Spring Boot logging configuration applies. See [https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.1.13.RELEASE/reference/html/boot-features-logging.html#boot-features-logging-file-output](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.1.13.RELEASE/reference/html/boot-features-logging.html#boot-features-logging-file-output) for example.

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### Author: ![divya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@divya](https://forum.flowable.org/u/divya)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-externalise-logger-configuration/5998/3 "2021-12-07T21:39:39Z")

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I’ve tried doing it. For some reason, looger congiruation that I define in flowable-deault.properties file is not even getting read it seems. Should I use some other file? Tis file is being used successfuly for all the other properties i.e. port and db name by spring boot. Where should the logging properties go?